In the movie, Ramen Girl, there is a scene when the Japanese ramen sensei takes this American girl who wants to learn how to make ramen from him to his mom's house in the country. The purpose was to test her skills on the mom...
This is pre-service, where the front of the house gathers to discuss the upcoming evening. One of the things they do is discuss and taste any specials for the evening. They are taking notes and tasting Hongs menu for the evening....
Just as we were approaching this shrimp truck and pulling into the driveway, one of the guys said, "Geez! This is a food borne illness waiting to happen here!"----------it turns out that this was probably the best spicy...